Flaherty Coal & Oil Service employees Don Ward and Ralph Eager in Philadelphia
Flaherty Coal & Oil Service employees Don Ward and Ralph Eager with their Chevrolet truck in front of the garage. Dressed in work clothes. Circa 1940s. Philadelphia. NY.
Type of Work: Retail and Services
Flaherty Coal & Oil Service employee Charlie Ward in Philadelphia
A. Flaherty Coal & Oil Service employee Charlie Ward in front of his company truck. Charlie lived to age 98. 1947. Philadelphia, NY.
Opening of First National Bank of Philadelphia
Bank president John Markwich standing in the interior of the First National Bank of Philadelphia on its opening day. 1915. Philadelphia, NY.
Early typist in Philadelphia
Unidentified man working on very early typewriter (note: no cover on the working mechanism). Circa 1910. Philadelphia, NY.
Drugs and Groceries in Philadelphia
Main Street Drugs & Groceries. Circa 1890. Philadelphia, NY. Note: This is a tintype photograph.
Keller’s Store in Philadelphia
Keller’s Meats & Groceries with unknown clerks/owners on front stoop. Note the signs around them: Gas, 15 cents a gallon—cash! CERTO special, 2 for 53 cents (Certo is still used today to make jellies and jams and costs about $2.50 a box). 1915. Philadelphia, NY.
Berry’s Restaurant in Philadelphia
Interior photo of Berry’s Restaurant in Philadelphia. May 15, 1937. Philadelphia, NY.
Scofield business block in Philadelphia
Bank and other businesses on the Scofield block. Circa 1900. Philadelphia, NY.
Kent Jewelry and Parlor Shoe exterior in Philadelphia
Store exterior of the Harry Benjamin Kent Jewelry and Shoe Store. August 2, 1922. Philadelphia, NY.
Harry Benjamin Kent Jewelry and Shoe Store in Philadelphia
Interior of the Henry Benjamin Kent Jewelry and Shoe Store, possibly Mr. Kent behind the counter. Circa 1910. Philadelphia, NY.